The debate about how the container shipping industry should be regulated may be revived with the release of a major report by the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday about the decision by the European Union to end the so-called “block exemption” for liner companies under EU competition law in 2008. In a […]
The agency said it will hold a March 22 public hearing to explore the impact of Berkshire Hathaway’s acquisition of the BNSF Railway in 2010 on certain costing determinations.
Old Dominion Freight Line’s warehouse in Thomasville, N.C., will be able to offset more than 90 percent of its energy costs with the help of recently installed rooftop solar panels,
The Netherlands-based document and small package delivery company TNT Express said Friday it received and rejected an unsolicited acquisition bid from UPS. Atlanta-based UPS offered 9 euros per share, TNT said, or a total of about 4.99 billion euros ($6.4 billion). TNT said its supervisory and executive boards “carefully considered the indicative proposal […]
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Friday it will amend the Asia-Mediterranean service network it runs with Maersk Line from early April. The changes include revised port rotations for two services in which the lines currently trade slots – CMA CGM’s MEX service and Maersk’s AE11 service. Additionally, CMA CGM said the […]
The Johannesburg, South Africa-based Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) and Imperial Logistics, a logistics services provider, have launched a Supply Chain and Logistics Program to provide teaching and research in the fields of logistics, supply chain management, and transportation management. The goal of the program is to raise awareness of supply chain management systems for […]
The Leeds, U.K.-based logistics company Torque has appointed Paul Boland as its new head of freight. Boland has been with Torque for more than 10 years and will oversee imports, exports, air/sea, and courier services. He will also take charge of the architecture and implementation of Torque’s purchase order management system, which will […]
Menlo Worldwide Logistics, the logistics subsidiary of Con-way Inc., has promoted Thomas Koh to director of business development, and Chuan Peng Low to director of solutions and information technology for its South Asia organization. Both Koh and Low joined Menlo in 2005.
The ocean carrier Maersk Line has slowed its Los Angeles-Asia-Europe TP6/AE6 pendulum, adjusting round-trip voyage times from around 93 days to 103 days.
The U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism could evolve beyond a program focused on supply chain security to one that encompasses all types of threats associated with international trade, David Aguilar, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, recently said. Plans to widen the scope come as the program prepares to take a […]
A study released by the Federal Maritime Commission on Thursday finds the repeal of antitrust protection for the liner shipping industry in Europe in 2008 has not disadvantaged U.S. shippers.
The liner carrier CMA CGM said Wednesday it will raise rates on the eastbound transpacific in line with recommendations made by the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement, among a host of planned rate hikes over the next three months. The proposed increases on the eastbound transpacific include: From Asia to all U.S. destinations (including intermodal), […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said this week it plans to increase rates from the Far East to parts of Central America, the Caribbean, and the north coast of South America. The increase, effective March 15, is $560 per 20-foot container and $800 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container. The increase […]
Emirates Shipping Line said Wednesday it will seek a rate increase on containers moving from the Middle East to East Africa. The increase, effective March 1, is $250 per TEU. The carrier’s two-ship GIA service links the two regions with a rotation of Karachi, Sharjah, Jebel Ali, Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar es […]
The Port of Seattle announced that cargo operations and deliveries returned to normal Wednesday as a contingent of port truck drivers ended a two-week work stoppage to protest pay and safety conditions.
The United States and European Union announced that starting June 1 organic products certified in Europe or the United States may be sold as “organic” in either region.
Elemica, a supplier of supply chain integration and optimization services, has introduced its new Elemica Transportation Management solution (ETM) that’s based on Oracle’s transportation management service. The service is available as a subscription offering and promises to optimize logistics and transportation processes. The ETM provides visibility over the logistics order lifecycle and anticipates […]
A2b Fulfillment will now provide Kigo Footwear with inventory management and fulfillment support. An existing agreement required third-party logistics provider A2b to provide Kigo with warehousing, storage, and shipping services. Kristin Serrano, Kigo’s chief operating officer, said the company’s recent growth necessitated outsourcing. She said the footwear manufacturer was “forced …to decide which […]
Ryder System has appointed Robert E. Sanchez to president and chief operating officer. Sanchez most recently served as president of Ryder’s Global Fleet Management Solutions (FMS). During his 18 years with Ryder, he has held a variety of executive-level positions. Dennis C. Cooke succeeds Sanchez as head of FMS, which is Ryder’s […]
Container volume at the Southern California ports rose a collective 1 percent year-on-year in January, but the spoils were not equally shared, with Los Angeles volume rising, and Long Beach’s dropping.
